20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake, and said to Daniel, O Daniel the servant of the living God, is not thy God (whom thou always servest) [a]able to deliver thee from the lions?

21 Then said Daniel unto the King, O king, live forever.

22 My God hath sent his Angel and hath shut the lion’s mouths, and they have not hurt me: for [b]my justice was found out before him: and unto thee, O king, I have done [c]no hurt.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 6:20 This declareth that Darius was not touched with the true knowledge of God, because he doubted of his power.
  2. Daniel 6:22 My just cause and uprightness in this thing wherein I was charged, is approved of God.
  3. Daniel 6:22 For he did disobey the king’s wicked commandment to obey God, and so did no injury to the king, who ought to command nothing whereby God should be dishonored.

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